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Wow Remember when car designers had flair, and remember chrome. I spent hours earning extra pocket money polishing the old mans Customline, man that thing had enough metal in the chrome grill and front bumper to make at least two Hyundais

Mick

This was covered not long ago http://www.fbekholden.com/forum/viewtop ... 25&t=12558 might help.

Mick

Like how he has used the early Commodore ariel in the rear passenger quarter panel, very subtle and neat

Mick

Easy check for vacumn leaks, spray WD40 around the carby bases where they bolt to the manifold and the throttle shafts with the motor running. The revs will rise if its leaking :wink:

Mick 8)

P.S. Grey motors are my thing though I have had red motors, start collecting red motor carbs and make ...

Had a similar problem, ended up being a worn vacumn plunger, I was running an older one (I should have replaced them when I recoed the carbies, won't make that mistake again :wink: ) and the only replacement I could get was a plastic shaft one that you can shorten to suit a grey motor.
When you ...

WOW what a collection any chance the twin breather rocker cover is for sale? Is it part of your collection if not you have friends with good taste in car parts

Mick

I remember that car it was hangin'with Johhny Z's chopped ute at the Summernats

Mick

First got interested in Rileys in 1980. I was working for the Snowy Mts Authority in Talbingo (Maintenance Painter in Power Stations) and helped a guy restoring a Riley. I did sandblasting of some components and was lucky enough to see it go from rusty incomplete car to driving restored car, Dave is ...

Geezzzz you got me with the first picture, I would love a Riley

Mick

Stu as far as the core goes have a look at heaters in japanese cars, I had a Smiths bullet heater given to me. It had a good bullet shell and workng fan but I coudn't find a core anywhere :cry:, then I started checking out japanese heaters to see if I could find something close. I found that the ...

They look like Showheels out of Melbourne, I have thought about them for my ute. The grey centered ones like these look pretty cool, but I still can't get my head around using 17"rims on an early Holden (But they look cool :? ) I'm from an era when you got an FJ the first mod was FE/FC brakes so you ...

Yeah go with the grey, you can tell people it's an early two door prototype that never made it into production.

Mick

All I can see is a bloody nice car I'd be happy to have it in my shed.

Mick

Am going to go with triple 1 1/4" SU's on my grey motor, I've got a manifold and am looking for some 1 1/4" SU carbs. Anyone got any at all they want to part with? even if I get them one at a time as long as I can make up a set.

Mick

If you really want to hear a scary starter motor have a listen to any 6 cylinder hemi cranking over (Used to own one)